When a CNN reporter asked GOP State Superintendent candidate Michele Morrow about her comments on social media concerning public executions and criticisms of public schools, Morrow played a card that she seems to be going to more and more: being trapped in the “gotcha moment.”

That CNN “interview” can be found here:

Here is her response to that CNN encounter:

And as more and more of Morrow’s past comments are being brought to the public eye, the use of the “gotcha moment” defense is becoming more prevalent.

It would be interesting to hear what Michele Morrow claims that she said that was “taken out of context, made in jest, or never made in the first place.”

What should be known is that Morrow’s Twitter (X) account that published most of her questionable comments from the past has been disabled. But when you “delete” an account, there are still receipts.

Additionally, Morrow’s campaign spokesperson is Sloan Rachmuth. From Yahoo News:

Rachmuth is also the founder and president of Education First Alliance.

Education First Alliance was recently identified as an “Antigovernment Movement” by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

And speaking of the “gotcha moment” – it seems that is the method of operation for Rathmuch.

Whether Morrow was coached in using the “gotcha moment” defense by a campaign spokesperson or whether she thought of that tactic herself is really not important. What is important, however, is that Morrow is not campaigning on what she will do for schools and students. She is campaigning against what she has stood up for in her past and against people’s ability to deduce that she is as unqualified a candidate for State Super as any who has ever run.